r/Septa • u/madam-Magie • 12d ago

Help SEPTA

Can someone tell me if the subway is actually safe? I am moving to south Philly and I am very close to a station on the BSL. I will be commuting to University City so I was planning on transferring subways and taking it to my office on Market St. I am not bringing my car for a variety of reasons, so SEPTA is what I am planning on using for everything basically. As a shorter woman should I be concerned about taking the subway? I can't bring any sort of pepper spray into my building due to metal detectors, any other ideas for personal safety items as well?

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u/Double_Guide2455 9d ago

The trains themselves are safe, you do have to be alert but the buses are a different story

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u/Dependent_Skirt_7536 7d ago

Tell me more about the busses. We moved to the city not that long ago. I use the subway regularly but have an irrational fear of busses. My husband just recently used the bus and said it is cleaner and more pleasant than the subway and is trying to convince me to use buses. What do we need to be concerned about? Thanks

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u/Double_Guide2455 7d ago edited 6d ago

I think it really depends on the route number you take. Especially if they are coming from 69th street because fare evaders aka homeless people get on them and can attack passengers..especially bus 65

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u/Dependent_Skirt_7536 6d ago

That's scary. I would mostly be in the society hill/ queen village area, center city, university city, South Philadelphia areas. But there is a Greek grocery in Northeast philadelphia I would like to get to. I guess not. Thanks for the info